Steven Spielberg is a freak

Steven Spielberg in Brentwood (1/3)

Steven Spielberg has a wee bit of a paranoia problem. Besides keeping a brand new motorcycle parked outside his office in case he needs to make a quick getaway, he has security procedures in place that would make the CIA shake their head. From the New York Post:

In "The Men Who Would Be King," due May 4 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, former Variety scribe Nicole LaPorte writes of the "Schindler's List" director, "His passion for secrecy sometimes suggests a burgeoning near-paranoia."

Among LaPorte's claims:

* "In Spielberg's office, hanging above his desk, a plexiglass half-moon keeps sound from reverberating so that his phone conversations remain ultra-confidential. When an assistant once asked what the funny thing over Spielberg's desk was, a security guard referred to it as a 'dome of silence.' "

* "Every document that leaves the office -- a script, development report, even a memo -- is coded, so that should it somehow get into the wrong hands . . . the person responsible for the breach can be identified."

* "When Spielberg isn't at [his office], live-cam images are streamed to his home. There are also measures to protect against earthquakes or attacks, as Spielberg believes in being prepared . . . At one point, employees were given survival kits including gas masks and other amenities."

What's Spielberg trying to protect? The scripts to his latest movies? Sorry Steven, but if people really want to know the plots of those films before they were released, all they'd have to do is eat a Chipotle burrito, drop a huge steaming crap on their living room floor, and then light it on fire. There. Now you don't have to buy a ticket to Indiana Jones 5.

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Chad

Steven Spielberg is a legend. A true genius!! Can't wait for Indiana Jones 5!!

Fasc(ion)ist(a)

I saw him hanging out in Central Park last week.

I call shenanigans on this.

Maxim

Everything you posted is complete and UTTER nonsense. The only reason it's being spread is because it's being reposted by wothless loseres who don't care about checking their facts.

There is a reason why Spielberg isn't known for any of those things and that's because he doesn't have a paranoia problem. That's the reason no one ever described him as being this way. He is an extremely social guy who travels all the time and isn't afraid of trying and taking on new things. That's the reasons why he is so sucessful.

It's not like he doesn't have security but he's certainly not "freaky" about it. Everyone who has any position not just in Hollywood but in the world of bussiness has certain security standards that they follow (and alot of them are, in fact, quite strict). All of the things listed however has no basis in fact and is simply made up to sound weird.

And anyone who actually believes the bit about the motorcycle needs to have their head examined. Seriously, WTF??? Apart from being a totally impractical (though the idea of getaway bike is so cinematic it's hard to resist) it's just dumb. You'd think the person who came up with this nonsense would have suggested a booletproof car or something but clearly you guys would eat anything up.

So to sum up, someone is playing a practial joke and is cashing in on it. Be smarter than that. Ask anyone who actually met or worked with Steven and you'll know that he is one of the easiest guy's to work with.

Anonymous

He's does to movies what Oprah does to books. He makes another zillion dollars using scripts as paperweights or drink coasters.

Not suprised he keeps what he is wanting to do secret.

Paul

The great right wing hate machine, may be out to do him harm, for telling the truth in his movies. I have heard that some of the powerful right wing pundits have said unkind things about him.

KTeoh

Uh, wasn't some random sociopath incarcerated for devising elaborate plans to kidnap, rape, torture and kill Steven Spielberg about a decade ago? Most probable cause of his current paranoia.